Disposable flea repellant kitty litter box

Abstract

A disposable kitty litter tent with a moisture-resistant cardboard base and a paper tent which may be folded flat against the base for shipment and sale, which also performs deodorizing and flea repellant functions, by use of a thin layer of cedar sawdust secured to the inner walls of the tent by the mild adhesive. The cedar sawdust deodorizes the kitty litter tent against odors generated by cat wastes. The cedar sawdust also gradually rubs off against the cat's fur as the cat moves within the tent, particularly when the cat turns around to exit the single opening in one end of the tent, so that the cat receives a flea repellant benefit even when away from the tent, from the thin layer of cedar sawdust which accumulates upon its fur.

I claim: 
     
       1. Disposable pet sanitary station, for allowing a pet to deposit body wastes into litter located within said station, comprising: (a) a base;   (b) a layer of animal litter located within said base;   (c) a pet toilet compartment, attached to said base and having at least a major portion of said pet toilet compartment located above said base, said pet toilet compartment further comprising: (1) an opening in said pet toilet compartment, of size sufficient to allow ingress and egress of said pet;   (2) folding and erection means, for allowing said pet toilet compartment to be folded flat onto the top of said base for transport, sale and storage, and for allowing said pet toilet compartment to be erected in an upright position above said base for use by said pet;   (3) deodorizing and flea repellant means, located on the inner walls of said pet toilet compartment, for automatically applying a thin coating of a deodorizing and flea repellant substance to the surface of the body of said pet when said pet moves about within said pet toilet compartment.     
     
     
       2. Disposable pet sanitary station as in claim 1, wherein said base is of the form of a shallow box having a rectangular bottom with unequal dimensions and a principal longitudinal axis. 
     
     
       3. Disposable pet sanitary station as in claim 2, wherein said base is cardboard and said pet toilet compartment is made of a stiff paper. 
     
     
       4. Disposable pet sanitary station as in claim 3, wherein said opening in said pet toilet compartment is at one end of said pet toilet compartment. 
     
     
       5. Disposable pet sanitary station as in claims 2, 3, or 4, wherein said pet toilet compartment is in the form of a tent having a principal longitudinal axis parallel to said principal longitudinal axis of said base, said tent having a conventional tent shape with a cross section, in a plane perpendicular to said principal longitudinal axis of said tent, of the form of an inverted "V". 
     
     
       6. Disposable pet sanitary station as in claim 3 or 4, wherein said folding and erection means comprises pre-creased fold lines in the walls of said pet toilet compartment, and a handle on the top of said pet toilet compartment. 
     
     
       7. Disposable pet sanitary station as in any of claims 1 through 4, wherein said deodorizing and flea repellant means comprises a thin layer of an adhesive substance on the inner walls of said pet toilet compartment, and a thin layer of a deodorizing and flea repellant substance on the surface of said layer of adhesive substance, and where said adhesive substance is sufficiently strong to hold said layer of deodorizing and flea repellant on said inner walls of said pet toilet compartment, but is not such a strong adhesive as to cause the surface of the body of said pet to become stuck against said inner walls of said pet toilet compartment, and where said adhesive is not such a strong adhesive as to prevent a portion of said deodorizing and flea repellant substance from being rubbed off onto the surface of the body of said pet when said pet rubs against said inner walls of said pet toilet compartment. 
     
     
       8. Disposable pet sanitary station as in claim 7, wherein said deodorizing and flea repellant substance is cedar sawdust. 
     
     
       9. Disposable pet sanitary station as in claim 7, wherein said deodorizing and flea repellant means further comprises a tent shape for said pet toilet compartment, and where said tent shape has an interior width which, although wide enough to allow said pet to move within said pet toilet compartment, is sufficiently narrow to facilitate contact between the surface of the body of said pet and said inner walls of said pet toilet compartment. 
     
     
       10. Disposable pet sanitary station as in claim 9, wherein said deodorizing and flea repellant means further comprises means for causing said pet to turn around before exiting said pet toilet compartment, so as to further facilitate contact between said body of said pet and said inner walls of said pet toilet compartment. 
     
     
       11. Disposable pet sanitary station as in claim 10, wherein said pet toilet compartment is of the form of a tent having a length substantially greater than the width of said tent, having ends which are the shorter edges of said tent, wherein said means for causing the pet to turn comprises the provision of said opening in only one end of said pet toilet compartment.